Feller-foot for sewing-machines.



No. 821,491. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. M. HOPFBRT.

FELLER FOOT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOVA, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iratented May 22, 1906.

Application filed November 4;].903. Serial No. 179,825-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX HOFFERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feller-Feet forSewing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In felling by hand two pieces are so superposed that the edge of oneprojects over the edge of the other and are stitched together, so as toleave a margin on the inner as well as the outer piece. Then the mar inof the outer piece is turned down over t at of the inner piece, afterwhich the two pieces bein flattened out and the double margin turneddown this margin or folded art is sewed into position. By this device te edge formed is more like the end of the web formed by the last threadof the weft in a piece of fabric in the process of weaving.

The obj eat of my invention is to produce a felling-foot that willoperate upon the cloth the same as was formerly done by hand to sewcollars on coatsand cloaks.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the foot embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the side of the foot opposite that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a bottom plan-view of'the foot. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of thesame, and Fi 6 is a perspective view of the head of a mac ine with myinvention attached.

1 represents the head of a machine of approved type of what is known asa zigza machine, showing the presser-bar 2 and t e needle-bar 3.

The felling or feller foot A is attached to the presser-bar 2 by meansof thescrew 5. As shown in the drawings, the feller-foot has one longtoe D and one short toe E, there being a wide slot or recess F at therear of said toes and positioned between them, said recess, as shown inthe drawings, being transverse of the foot. B is a guide secured to thelong toe by means of an arm B, having an elongated slot through which aset-screw 0 passes, said set-screw passing into a screwthreaded openingin the lon toe, whereby said guide is secured to said Iong toe in anydesired position, said guide being adjustable toward and from the innerside of the long toe. As will be seen, the guide depends from the arm BThe feller-foot operates upon the cloth the same as was formerly done byhand. The cloth is placed under the foot, after which the foot islowered onto the cloth, in which position it is ready to operate on thecloth. The wide slot in the foot is constructed so as to enable theoperator to see the seam in the cloth, and the uide enables the operatorto maintain the (goth in the proper position. Thus the guide inconnection with the fellerfoot regulates the felling.

I-Iavmg thus described the invention, the following is what is claimedas new therein:

A feller-foot comprising a standard, an integral long toe having a fiatbase and upwardly-extending outer end, a short toe widely spaced fromthe long toe there being an elongated slot at the base of and transverseto said'toes, and an adjustable guide secured to the top of theupwardly-extending end of the long toe and depending along the innerside of said end to a point in the plane of the flat base of the longtoe.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAX I-IOFFERT.

Witnesses:

FRANK K. BOWMAN, SAML. WOLFSTEIN.

